New Democratic Party candidates in the 2000 Canadian federal election
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Quebec
Raymond Dorion (Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour)
Raymond Dorion listed himself as self-employed.[1] He received 421 votes (0.95%), finishing sixth against Bloc Québécois incumbent Louis Plamondon.
Jeff Itcush (Brome—Missisquoi)
Jeff Itcush was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. He moved to Montreal in 1989 and has taught history and social studies at Bialik High School since 1994. He is a past president of the Federation of Teachers of Jewish Schools and has worked as a chief negotiator in representing teachers. He has also served on the boards of the Quebec Jewish Congress and the Canadian Jewish Congress.[2] In 2010, he was quoted in Le Devoir commenting on values common to the Quebec Jewish community and Quebec society as a whole.[3]
He is a vocal supporter of Israel. In 2005, he delivered a speech at the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors entitled "Israel - Beacon to the World - Promoting a Democratic State in 2005."[4] Later in the same year, he delivered public lectures entitled "Israel - Canada: Common Values, Distinct Identities" and "Israel: A Society in Flux."[5]
Itcush has been quoted in a number of publications on issues ranging from governance to labor relations to intercultural relations.[6]
Itcush joined the New Democratic Party in the mid-1990s and has served on the party's federal council and Quebec executive. He was a party candidate in the
He has been nominated as the New Democratic Party's candidate for
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1997 federal | Saint-Laurent—Cartierville
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New Democratic Party
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910 | 1.84 | 4/5 | Stéphane Dion, Liberal |
2000 federal | Brome—Missisquoi | New Democratic Party
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480 | 1.12 | 5/5 | Denis Paradis, Liberal |
2005 Montreal municipal | City Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Projet Montréal | 1,152 | 16.84 | 3/4 | Marcel Tremblay
|
Milan Mirich (Hochelaga—Maisonneuve)
Milan Mirich was born in Yugoslavia and has worked as a restaurateur.[9] He has been a candidate in two federal and three provincial elections. In his first campaign, he supported a shorter work week as a means of increasing employment.[10] There was a candidate name Milan Mirich in the 2005 and 2009 Montreal municipal elections; it is assumed this is the same person.
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1985 provincial | Maisonneuve | New Democratic Party | 495 | 2.07 | 3/9 | Louise Harel, Parti Québécois[11] |
1994 provincial | Laurier-Dorion | New Democratic Party | 409 | 1.23 | 4/9 | Christos Sirros, Liberal[12] |
1997 federal | Hochelaga—Maisonneuve | New Democratic Party
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825 | 1.73 | 4/6 | Réal Ménard, Bloc Québécois[13] |
1998 provincial | Laurier-Dorion | Socialist Democracy
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490 | 1.43 | 4/8 | Christos Sirros, Liberal[14] |
2000 federal | Hochelaga—Maisonneuve | New Democratic Party
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767 | 1.78 | 6/8 | Réal Ménard, Bloc Québécois[15] |
2005 Montreal municipal | City Councillor, Saint-Léonard-Ouest | White Elephant Party | 292 | 3.00 | 3/3 | Montreal Island Citizens' Union[16]
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2009 Montreal municipal | City Councillor, Sainte-Marie Co-listed with Michel Bédard
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Montreal Pride Party | 334 | 5.89 | 3/5 | Pierre Mainville, Projet Montréal[17] |
Ontario
Simon Rowland (Eglinton—Lawrence)
Rowland was the New Democratic Party's youngest candidate in 2000, at only 19 years of age. He attended university at age sixteen, helped found Youth for Socialist Action, and became a successful e-business entrepreneur. Rowland acknowledged that he was halfway to being a millionaire in 2000, but commented "Just because I've been able to make the system work for me does not mean that the system works for everyone". He added that he wanted to make a difference for working Canadians.[18] He received 2,663 votes (6.42%), finishing fourth against Liberal incumbent Joe Volpe. Rowland remains active in the technological sector as of 2006[update].[19]
Karen Dolan (Etobicoke Centre)
Dolan was born in
She contested the 1997 campaign in Whitby—Ajax, at age thirty-six (Toronto Star, 24 May 1997). She received 3,354 votes (6.79%), finishing fourth against Liberal candidate Judi Longfield.
Dolan later challenged high-profile Liberal
As of 1997, a Karen Dolan worked as a union rep, director of organizing, and other capacities for Service Employees International Union.[2] As of the summer of 2007, Karen Dolan, is now Director of Labour Relations, for (Chartwell Senior Housing Reit).
Theresa Kiefer (Lanark—Carleton)
Kiefer was born in Edmonton, Alberta. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Communications from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Arts degree in Social and Political Thought from York University. After graduating, Kiefer worked as a teacher.[3] While living in British Columbia in the 1980s, she was a member of Concerned Citizens for Choice on Abortion.[4]
She received 1,946 votes (3.07%), finishing fourth against Canadian Alliance candidate Scott Reid.
As of 2005[update], Kiefer works as president of the NDP political staff union at the House of Commons of Canada. Early in 2005, she spearheaded a successful drive to give her union affiliate status as the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers' Union of Canada, Local 232 (Hill Times, 10–16 January 2005).
Craig Parsons (Nepean—Carleton)
Parsons holds a university degree in
He initially sought the Ottawa West—Nepean NDP nomination for the 1999 election, but lost to Alex Cullen (Ottawa Citizen, 5 October 1998 and 7 January 1999).
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1999 provincial | Nepean—Carleton | NDP | 1,647 | 3.25 | 3/5 | John Baird, Progressive Conservative
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2000 federal | Nepean—Carleton | NDP | 2,223 | 3.7 | 4/7 | David Pratt, Liberal
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Paul Chislett (Sudbury)
Chislett was raised in a low-income family in
Chislett called for Sudbury workers to take actions toward a
He ran for Mel Hurtig's short-lived National Party in 1993, and has since been a New Democratic Party candidate at the provincial and federal levels.
Chislett moved to Windsor in 2007, to take Communication Studies courses at the University of Windsor. He has written for the Windsor Star,[26] and operates a blog.
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1993 federal | Sudbury | National Party | 512 | 1.21 | 5/9 | Diane Marleau, Liberal |
1999 provincial | Sudbury | New Democratic Party
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3,891 | 10.51 | 3/6 | Rick Bartolucci, Liberal |
2000 federal | Sudbury | New Democratic Party
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4,368 | 12.60 | 3/7 | Diane Marleau, Liberal |
Allan Douglas Strong (Waterloo—Wellington)
Strong received 1,845 votes (4.11%), finishing fourth against Liberal Lynn Myers. He later joined the Green Party.
Vic Perroni (Whitby—Ajax)
Perroni was educated at the
He received 2,359 votes (4.84%), finishing fourth against
Manitoba
Errol Black (Brandon—Souris)
Black received 4,518 votes (12.33%), finishing fourth against Progressive Conservative incumbent Rick Borotsik.
Diane Beresford (Portage—Lisgar)
Beresford is a former vice-president and president of the Manitoba Teachers' Federation. Her parents met at a Young Communist meeting in Britain during World War II, and she was raised in a culture of socialism and union activism (Winnipeg Free Press, 25 June 1998). She has taught high-school English in the Manitoba system at
She campaigned as a candidate of the
She received 2,073 votes (6.02%) in the 2000 election, finishing fifth against Canadian Alliance candidate Brian Pallister.
Beresford has remained active in the Manitoba Teachers' Society, and was listed as its staff officer in May 2005.[7][permanent dead link] She was also a board member of Manitoba's Crocus Investment Fund, and was sued in 2005 after questions were raised about its valuation (Winnipeg Free Press, 13 July 2005). The matter has not yet been resolved.
Peter Hiebert (Provencher)
Hiebert is a frequent candidate for the New Democratic Party at the
Hiebert was sixty-six years old in 2000. A Winnipeg Free Press article from the election describes him as "an animated speaker and staunch New Democrat". He acknowledged that he had little chance of winning, and operated a low-budget campaign (Winnipeg Free Press, 23 November 2000). He finished fourth against Canadian Alliance candidate Vic Toews.
Hiebert protested against the invasion of Iraq in 2003 (WFP, 19 January 2003).
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1984 federal | Lisgar | NDP | 2,052 | 4/5 | Jack Murta, Progressive Conservative | |
1995 provincial | Steinbach | NDP | 787 | 3/3 | Jim Penner, Progressive Conservative | |
1999 provincial | Steinbach | NDP | 910 | 2/3 | Jim Penner, Progressive Conservative | |
2000 federal | Provencher | NDP | 1,980 | 4.89 | 4/4 | Vic Toews, Canadian Alliance |
Roman Yereniuk (Winnipeg North—St. Paul)
Roman Yereniuk received 7,931 votes, finishing third against Liberal incumbent Rey Pagtakhan.
Saskatchewan
Hugh Walker (Saskatoon—Wanuskewin)
Walker is an economic consultant, with a
Alberta
Richard D. Vanderberg (Edmonton West)
Vanderberg (born November 12, 1940, in
Vanderberg ran the
Following the 1988 election, Vanderberg called for the NDP to consider reducing its alliance with central Canadian unions (Calgary Herald, 8 December 1988). In the 1997 campaign, he argued that federal MPs should be put on a civil service pension rather than being allowed to determine their own pension plans (Edmonton Journal, 29 May 1997).
He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, including the positions of the president of its Halifax and Edmonton Chapters.[11]
After he retired from teaching in the late 2000s, he moved to Halifax, NS to be closer to family. He died from cancer in Halifax on July 27, 2012.[12]
Election | Division | Party | Votes | % | Place | Winner |
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1988 federal | Calgary West | NDP | 6,355 | 11.61 | 4/6 | James Hawkes, Progressive Conservative |
1997 provincial | Edmonton McClung
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NDP | 713 | 3/5 | Grant Mitchell, Liberal | |
1997 federal | Edmonton Southwest | NDP | 2,070 | 4/5 | Ian McClelland, Reform | |
2000 federal | Edmonton West | NDP | 2,895 | 4/6 | Anne McLellan, Liberal |
References
- ^ History of Federal Ridings since 1867: BAS-RICHELIEU--NICOLET--BÉCANCOUR (2000/11/27), Parliament of Canada, accessed 11 August 2009.
- ^ Janice Arnold, "NDP candidate chosen in Mount Royal," Canadian Jewish News, 2 September 2010.
- ^ Emilie Corriveau, "Communaute plurielle", Le Devoir, 24 April 2010
- ^ "Community Calendar (West Island)," Montreal Gazette, 21 July 2005, F12.
- ^ "Tip sheet: Lectures and other events of interest," Montreal Gazette, 26 September 2005, D4;
- ^ See for instance Aubin, H., Who's Afraid of De-Mergers? (Montreal: Véhicule Press), 2004; American Jewish Yearbook, 2003.
- ^ Irwin Block, "Vying for the party presidency," Montreal Gazette, 19 February 2004, A7; "Election 2005 Results: Montreal & Suburbs," Montreal Gazette, 7 November 2005, A10.
- ^ Janice Arnold, "NDP candidate chosen in Mount Royal," Canadian Jewish News, 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Analysis of NDP's power in Quebec yields more questions than answers," Toronto Star, 8 August 1987, p. 4; History of Federal Ridings since 1867: HOCHELAGA--MAISONNEUVE (2000/11/27), Parliament of Canada, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ David Wimhurst, "Maisonneuve: Harel counts on loyalty in PQ fortress," Montreal Gazette, 30 November 1985, p. 7.
- ^ Official Results (Maisonneuve, 1985), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Laurier-Dorion, 1994), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, 1997), Elections Canada, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Laurier-Dorion, 1998), Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Official Results (Hochelaga—Maisonneuve, 2000), Elections Canada, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Election results, 1833-2005 (in French), City of Montreal, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ Election results, 2009, City of Montreal, accessed 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Notebook", Toronto Star, 4 November 2000, p. 1.
- ^ Simon Rowland - Projects and Personal Links, accessed 13 July 2006.
- ^ Bob Vaillancourt, "Chislett seeks out `the common good'", Sudbury Star, 24 November 2000, A8.
- ^ Katie Harries, "Connecting to the future Sudbury's smoke giving way to wire", Toronto Star, 16 February 1999, 1.
- ^ Paul Chislett, "Globalism just a rich man's game" [letter], Sudbury Star, 22 October 1999, A7; Paul Chislett, "Common good focus of urban planning" [letter], Sudbury Star, 13 January 2000, A7.
- ^ Denis St. Pierre, "Chislett carries NDP banner in Sudbury", Sudbury Star, 30 October 2000, A3. Newspaper reports indicate that Kevin Kilby challenged Chislett for the 2000 nomination, though it is not clear if he dropped out before the meeting. See Chris Polehoykie, "Federal election races beginning to take shape", Sudbury Star, 26 October 2000, A3.
- ^ Rob O'Flanagan, "`This is war,' unions vow", Sudbury Star, 9 November 2000, A3.
- ^ Paul Chislett, "Tolerance needed for alternative lifestyles" [letter], Sudbury Star, 4 July 2003, A11. It is not clear if Chislett or the Sudbury Star chose the article title.
- ^ See for instance Paul Chislett, "NDP always on the side of working-class Ontarians", Windsor Star, 14 September 2007, A9.